We all know the power of film; we all know there’s almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.

In our house we say ‘adolescence’ is a western word. We don’t believe in it.

Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it’s not highly unusual.